11/30/2010 @ 6:40PM

In Pictures: The Biggest CEO Screw-Ups Of 2010

10. Cary Fiorina, Hewlett-Packard

California senate candidate and former Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Carly Fiorina was prepping for a TV interview when a live microphone caught her mocking opponent Barbara Boxer’s hair: “God, what is that hair? So yesterday!” Fiorina would likely have lost her election bid anyway, but that comment sure didn’t help.